Ryan Bayda was born December 9, 1980 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The second choice, 80th overall selection of the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Bayda is a graduate of the WCHA's North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

An offensively gifted player, Bayda spent three seasons at North Dakota amassing 61 goals and 146 points, and capturing an NCAA Championship in 2000 before making his professional debut with the AHL's Lowell Lock Monsters following his final year at North Dakota.

In his first full season as a professional Bayda spent the better part of the year with Lowell, amassing 43 points (11-32-43) in 53 games while seeing action in 25 games with the parent club in Carolina. After getting a taste of the NHL in 2002-03, Bayda continued to hone his skills in the AHL in 2003-04 while seeing increased ice time in Carolina. During the lockout of 2004-05 Bayda returned to Lowell for a complete season where he suited up for all 80 games registering a total of 40 points. The following season saw the left winger compete in yet another AHL season with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL before he was re-signed by the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent on August 4th, 2006.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1995-96

Saskatoon Flyers

SMHL

60

85

74

159

85

1996-97

Saskatoon Contacts

SMHL

44

22

23

45

18

1997-98

Saskatoon Contacts

SMHL

41

29

49

78

103

1998-99

Vernon Vipers

BCHL

45

24

58

82

15

1999-00

University of North Dakota

WCHA

44

17

23

40

30

2000-01

University of North Dakota

WCHA

46

25

34

59

48

2001-02

University of North Dakota

WCHA

37

19

28

47

52

2001-02

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

3

1

1

2

0

+3

5

3

0

3

0

2002-03

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

25

4

10

14

16

-5

2002-03

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

53

11

32

43

32

-9

2003-04

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

44

3

3

6

22

-14

2003-04

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

34

7

15

22

28

-1

2004-05

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

80

13

27

40

91

-7

9

3

3

6

4

2005-06

Manitoba Moose

AHL

59

13

25

38

52

+6

13

1

6

7

27

2006-07

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

9

1

1

2

2

-1

2006-07

Albany River Rats

AHL

55

29

25

54

66

+4

5

3

2

5

4

2007-08

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

31

3

3

6

28

-2

2007-08

Albany River Rats

AHL

21

7

10

17

6

+3

2008-09

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

70

5

7

12

26

+2

15

2

2

4

18

2009-10

Wilkes-Barre Penguins

AHL

21

8

3

11

14

-2

2010-11

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nurnberg

Germany

52

17

24

41

70

2

0

1

1

0

2011-12

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nurnberg

Germany

15

1

1

2

6

2012-13

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nurnberg

Germany

50

9

22

31

36

3

0

0

0

2

2013-14

Augsburger Panther

Germany

49

18

23

41

36

2014-15

Augsburger Panther

Germany

6

4

6

10

6

2015-16

Straubing Tigers

Germany

44

13

13

26

49

6

0

1

1

0

NHL Totals

179

16

24

40

94

15

2

2

4

18

BCHL Rookie of the Year (1999) - WCHA All-Rookie Team (2000) WCHA Second All-Star Team (2001, 2002)

Missed majority of 2009-10 due to knee injury at Hershey, November 13, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Nurnberg (Germany), July 18, 2010. Missed majority of 2011-12 due to lower leg injury.